In response to the platform's requirement that a chapter should not be higher than 6,000 words, a diary is now divided into two parts, and the second half will be completed as much as possible tomorrow.

Theseus

Date: April 2251 Place: Qiu Lingxing Recorder: Fog Cause

The Ship of Theseus: A famous thought experiment proposed by the Greek philosopher Plutarch in the 1st century AD. Legend has it that the Athenian prince Theseus sailed to Crete in order to get rid of the man-eating monster Minotaur, who was the culprit. After a hard fight, he managed to get rid of the Minotaur. After Theseus' triumphant return, the Athenians honored the wooden ship he was aboard and kept it as a memento, constantly replacing it with new parts to prevent it from breaking.

Plutarch asks two questions: 1. If the wood on the ship of Theseus is gradually replaced until all the wood is no longer the original wood, is the ship still the ship of Theseus? 2. Since all the old parts have been replaced and reassembled into a ship from these old parts, which of the two ships is the ship of Theseus?

1. Scavenging

You never know what you'll pick up in the ruins of the battlefield. - Fog Cause

I climbed a small dirt slope with a battlefield ruin in front of me, and the war seemed to be over not long ago, and the smoke had not yet completely cleared.

Tia wanted to come along, but I refused, this is a battlefield, it's dangerous, Tia is pregnant, she can't come here at all.

I looked down, it had just rained here, the ground was muddy, and the traces of the tank tracks were clearly visible, judging by the tracks of the tracks, it was an ambush. Obviously, the other side has known their whereabouts in advance, and they have been in ambush here for a long time, and there is a large section of the outer circle that was originally vague (the mud under the tank is dry) and then cleared the traces, this side went deep into the encirclement without knowing it, and then the battle began, and the tanks retreated in a hurry, but the encirclement had been encircled, and finally the whole army was annihilated, and one of the tanks was taken care of and hit by multiple shells. It seems that the information that the other party has is very detailed, and even knows where the important people are.

At this time, the ambush side had already left, leaving only the remains of the tanks of the defeated side.

Let's start picking up "junk", hoping to pick up something useful, the ship's spare parts are a little stretched.

Half an hour later.

I regretfully climbed out of the tank, which was poor and pitiful, with no useful supplies, only some dry military rations. I took a bite and it tasted like chewing wax. Basically all the tanks were badly damaged, there were no parts that could be used.

I looked at the last tank, the one that had been taken care of, and the smoke was still billowing out.

Even though the chances of a survivor in it were slim to none, I checked my pistol to make sure I had enough ammo and slowly boarded the tank.

As soon as I opened the lid of the tank, I immediately choked on the smoke billowing out. With such a thick smoke, it seems that there are no living people, and no life can breathe in such thick smoke.

I put away my pistol, waited for the smoke to clear, got into the tank, and looked around.

Strangely, according to common sense, the equipment of an army with a lower quality of military food will not be much better. This is not the case with this tank, which is large enough to accommodate five people to move freely, and the computer in it can tell at a glance how advanced it is.

Shaking my head and shaking off the doubts in my head, I searched for the man in the tank.

A teenager was lying in the driver's seat, and a large amount of blood stained the young man's black military uniform red, staining the silver medal on his chest, and the silver medal had the words "Country A" and "First-Class Merit" written on it. The boy had a syringe in his hand and his companion in his arms, apparently trying to save his companion, but failed.

During the examination, my hand inadvertently brushed the boy's nose, and in an instant, I drew my pistol as if I was facing a great enemy.

I felt a snort.

But such a thick smoke, no matter what kind of living thing it is, will be smoked to death.

The boy didn't move for a long time, I held the gun and slowly touched the boy's neck.

There is no pulse.

Am I feeling wrong? I poked my nose again, and I was breathing, but there was no pulse. Shook the boy, but there was no movement. It's weird, don't humans on this planet have a pulse?

I looked at the others and was sure they were all cold, no pulse, no breathing.

To leave somebody in the lurch...... It's not my style to be honest. Faced with such a strange scene, I wanted to turn around and leave here, but after thinking about it for a long time, I decided to take the boy back to the spaceship for rescue.

I put away my gun and put the boy on his arm.

Click!

The boy's arm was ripped off by me.

Ah, it seems like something was wrong?

Wait, this arm doesn't feel right, although it wraps around the skin, it feels hard to pinch.

I flipped my arm over and saw the reflection of metal at the joints.

It turned out to be an android.

No wonder you can stay in such thick smoke.

I checked, and there was not much damage to the boy's surface, and it seemed that his comrades had blocked most of the shell impact for him, but the boy's drivetrain was still damaged and he couldn't move. Without my presence, the "death" of the teenager is only a matter of time, and he will have to be brought back to the ship for repairs.

"Tia, emergency."

"I see it, the repair table is ready."

Well, I picked up someone on the battlefield.

Second, eat the appearance

It took me a lot of effort to fix the juvenile.

Of course, it is not difficult for me to repair an android, which is actually a robot wrapped in human skin, which is certainly not difficult, the difficulty lies in its materials. The boy's body was made of no known material, but it was unusually strong, and it was difficult to remove the broken parts. But that's not the case with other parts.

Since it is not a material that I know, I can only take it on the spot and find parts from the people who died on the tank. Fortunately, everyone has been modified and has some parts, but the degree of transformation is not as good as that of the teenager.

After a night of hard work, the emergency repair was finally completed, and I breathed a sigh of relief.

However, there was a flaw, the boy's right leg was completely broken, and he had to replace it, but the other people's legs were longer than his, and I didn't have a tool to cut it short, so I could only put one on it.

There is an extra long and short leg in this world.

At least it's better than scrapping, I convince myself.

The next day, Tia woke me up, "The boy has woken up. ”

I stretched, patted my face, regained consciousness, pulled my pistol from under my pillow, and opened the safe.

Star Code 2: When you are unsure whether the other party is friend or foe, carrying a weapon is always the best option. - Fog Cause

On the maintenance table, the boy was adjusting to his repaired body, I sat down, gun in hand, looked at the boy, and we just looked at each other without speaking.

Interestingly, there was no trace of horror in the boy's eyes, which was a phenomenon that had never been seen before. You know, if you wake up from a coma and find yourself in a strange place, next to a person with a gun in his hand, the emotions at that moment will be very complicated, nervous, confused, and maybe a little afraid, but I didn't see these in the eyes of a teenager. To be able to do this, either the boy is a complete robot, or he is an extremely calm person. I've already checked, and despite the boy's full body modification, he still has a human brain, so it means he's calm.

It's good that calm people don't make mistakes when making decisions.

"Where is this?" The boy asked.

"This is my ship, Tia, and we found you badly damaged while searching for supplies, so we brought you back. Don't worry, we're not too far from the battlefield, you can still go and find your stuff. My name is Fog Cause, I'm from Earth, an interstellar explorer. ”

"Anxi, Qiu Lingxing, a third-level non-commissioned officer of country A."

"How are you feeling right now?"

"I feel well and thank you for the rescue."

"Then I will generously accept your thanks, in fact, if I were someone else, I wouldn't spend so much energy to save you."

"I know."

"Take a break, I have a few more news to tell you after you've rested, do you need a drink?"

"Water is fine."

An hour later.

"Now there's good news and bad news, and you want to hear that first?"

"Bad news."

"Your comrades have all lost their lives in this battle."

Anxi was silent for a long time, "What about the good news? ”

"The war is over."

It took me a lot of effort to repair Annecy yesterday, so I turned on the shortwave radio during the repair, hoping to hear something useful, and then I heard the news of the end of the war that was urgently broadcast.

This war in country A is actually a typical bullying war, a bit similar to the United States and a certain strong empire fighting Yi Mouke, the reason is because there are rich resources in it. However, country A's luck is a little worse, and it is rumored that an energy gathering place has been found in country A-the confined sea, and the high-energy electrons in the confined sea are extremely efficient energy sources on Qiu Lingxing, with scarce stocks and efficient utilization, making the value of a confined sea higher than that of diamonds. Whenever there is a shadow of the bound sea, it must mean that a great war has occurred.

Of course, a high-sounding reason is needed to fight a war, so various countries have operated one after another, and for a time, a large number of conflicts between religions in country A have erupted, which gradually evolved into military confrontation. Country A itself was a little unable to figure it out, so various countries generously sent troops into country A, killed a few more rampant religious personnel, and looked for the shadow of the restraining sea by the way.

In this way, after three years of successive battles, every inch of country A has been turned over, and there is no shadow of the sea at all, and the countries understand that they have been fooled. So, overnight, all the foreign armies disappeared, leaving only a ruined country A.

It's ridiculous to eat.

3. Ashes

Anxi, 20 years old, was drafted into the army at the age of 17, the first year of the war, because of his amazing talent in mathematics.

His parents objected to Anxi's participation in the army, and his father, as a veteran who had dedicated himself to the country for more than 30 years, naturally loved Anxi very much. He knew the cruelty of war and did not want his only son, Anxi, to go to the battlefield. Not to mention that Anxi has no children, if Anxi sacrifices, how sad should the parents be?

But when Anxi showed his father the medical checklist, his father was silent. The physical examination list shows that Anxi has a rare disease, the current fatality rate of this disease is 100%, there is no effective treatment, with this disease, at first there are no symptoms at all, and when the disease is terminal, the virus invades the patient's pain nerves, the patient will fall into infinite pain, eating and drinking water are problems, and in the end, even the infusion can not supplement the daily consumption, and finally the patient dies in pain.

My father went to find a doctor, and the doctor gave two methods: first, change the mechanical body, so as to avoid getting sick, but the cost of surgery is sky-high, even if my father has been a soldier for more than 30 years, he still can't afford this cost. The second method is euthanasia. It is much better to die early in peace than to die in endless agony at the end.

His father didn't have enough money, but he didn't want Anthion to be euthanized, so he begged the doctor if there was anything else he could do. The doctor sighed, "It's not that there is no way, go to the army, soldiers do surgery for free." However, now that there is a war, I heard that many people have died. If you go, it's hard to say whether you'll be able to come back safely. ”

The father hesitated for months, he didn't know what to decide, joining the army seemed to be the best option, but he didn't want his son to die.

At this moment, Anxi's illness attacked, and looking at Anxi, who was lying on the ground and rolling in pain, his father finally made a decision: let Anxi go to join the army.

The operation was successful, and Ancy was replaced with a mechanical body.

The sickness that had plagued Anxi disappeared, and another problem returned, the new body was cold and stiff, causing Anxi great discomfort. Every extremely simple action that used to be required to do it now requires a great deal of effort, and even when he picks up a cup, Anxi often pinches and explodes because he can't master the strength.

Anxi thought about many situations after he arrived in the army, and the one he thought about the most was to be ridiculed and ostracized, but what he didn't expect was that the reality was completely different from what he imagined. No one ever laughed at him, everyone showed great concern for his imperfections, and when Ancy said that he was a full-body makeover, several veterans laughed, revealing their arms or thighs, which were mechanical prosthetics. "What is the whole body transformation, we are all people who have been transformed. Don't worry, boy, we're a family from today onwards. ”

"Let's go, let's settle your comrades." I sighed.

We cremated Anthy's comrades, and the ashes were sprinkled on this battlefield, which is the tradition of Anthy's squad, where soldiers live on the battlefield and die on the battlefield.

Fourth, the groom

Anthy's home was far from here, so we decided to go back on a small spaceship, rest assured that the stealth would not be discovered.

The spacecraft flew for 1 day and reached its destination. Anxi's home is located in a remote mountainous area away from the city. Because of its distance from the center of the war, there were no major losses, and it was much better than the cities that had been bombed in the Great War and only scorched earth.

News of the end of the war had reached the town, where food and wine had been brought out to celebrate, and the town was filled with joy and peace. When the war is over, and children no longer have to risk their lives on the battlefield, what parent would be unhappy?

After three years of the war, the town has changed a lot, and Ancy no longer recognizes his home, so we have to follow the side streets, all the way to search.

Gradually, the people of the town disappeared.

Where have all the people gone? Just when I was confused, a person ran over in a hurry, and I grabbed him, "What's going on, why are people gone?" ”

Suddenly stopped by someone while hurrying, the man was obviously impatient, but after seeing Anxi's military uniform, he was polite, "Don't you know? Today is the wedding of the mayor's daughter, and the mayor's daughter is going to marry a great hero with outstanding military achievements, and the mayor is holding a banquet. ”

"How could it be ......" Anxi stared at him stunned, "The mayor's daughter is my fiancée, we agreed on it, how could we marry someone else?" ”

"I ask you," I called out to the man who had turned to leave, "does the mayor have only one daughter?" ”

"Of course."

Could it be a change of mayor? "Have you changed mayors in the past three years?"

"Nope."

That's weird.

"Well, let's go and see, maybe your parents are also at the feast?" I propose.

"Okay."

Auditorium.

Anxi was looking for their parents in the crowd, and I followed Anxi, ordering a good meal, I hadn't eaten anything decent in more than a year, and I had to eat something good when I came.

Anxi searched for a few times but couldn't find my parents, so he called me to leave, and I signaled him not to worry, isn't there still a question about the bride's marriage that has not been resolved.

At this time, the mayor of the town spoke: "Today is my daughter's wedding, and I am glad that so many people have come to cheer for it. We all know that there is a great hero who is back, he will marry my daughter, and without further ado, let's have the bridegroom, Anxi! ”

What!

I looked at Anthy, and Anncy looked at me with an incredulous expression.

"Are there any other people in your town with the same name as you?" I asked.

"No way," Ancy shook his head, "the town is traditional, and everyone's name is unique. ”

At this time, the groom came to the stage, wait, that's ......

Exactly the same Anxi!

What's going on?

Whole body remodeling surgery, isn't it?

I was a little inspired.

Anthey's parents also appeared on stage.

Anxi was completely stunned, there was a person on the stage who was exactly like himself, he pushed through the crowd and ran to the stage, and I had to follow on the stage.

When his father saw Anxi, he couldn't calm down, "You should be dead, how can you be here?" ”

"What died? Father, what the hell are you talking about? Anxi asked.

The groom, Anthy, came over and said, "Father, what the hell is going on?" ”

My father's face was very bad, as if he was engaged in a psychological struggle, and finally, he sighed, "Now that I have to tell you the truth." ”

(To be continued)